Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.

Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.

I love Germany so dearly that I hope there will always be two of them.